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Australian tennis talent Alex de Minaur, who has already represented Pepperstone, is joining forces with McEnroe. McEnroe expressed his enthusiasm about the partnership, noting Pepperstone's known ...
January 08, 2024
As traders recently turned bullish on the sterling for the first time in three months, analysts believe the UK economy, which spent most of 2023 on the rim of recession, is on the rise. Bloomberg r...
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November 21, 2023
The ONS’s figures also compared the same period from 2022, where net borrowing registered lower than this October’s figures. Not only this, but it also sits as the second highest borrowing figu...
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July 27, 2023
Market Expects No Further Hikes in 2023 According to the CME’s FedWatch tool, market participants now overwhelmingly expect that the Fed’s hikes for 2023 are over. There is currently a 78% prob...
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July 25, 2023
The focus for the Fed’s press conference on Wednesday night is on whether there’s any hint about a hike in the fourth quarter. Traders mostly expect this to be the last hike of this cycle for t...
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March 18, 2024 — BY Simon Mugo

Pepperstone Partners With Tennis Legend John McEnroe as an Ambassador

Australian tennis talent Alex de Minaur, who has already represented Pepperstone, is joining forces with McEnroe. McEnroe expressed his enthusiasm about the partnership, noting Pepperstone's known ...
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March 18, 2024
Linnartz has been in the role for a little more than a year and has been making significant changes, such as introduc...
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March 18, 2024
Although analysts admit insider traffic is not the only factor influencing investment decisions, these trading trends...
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March 18, 2024
The acquisition turned UBS into a colossus with a current market cap of approximately $102.46bn. Based on Reuters inf...
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March 15, 2024
The decision comes despite the firm holding an active authorisation from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) s...
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March 15, 2024
Since the start of March, the yen has strengthened its position by 1% against the US dollar. This reportedly makes fo...
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March 15, 2024
At present, ByteDance, a private Chinese company, owns TikTok. On Wednesday, 13 March 2024, the US House of Represent...
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March 15, 2024
Founder Michael Saylor posted on X that the firm made this purchase “using proceeds from convertible notes & ex...
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March 14, 2024
The data comes from the Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index (JHGDI) report, which is released on a quarterly basis....
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Interview: Brokeree’s Julia Ilichyova talks about expansion in EMEA and APAC+ and growing the team

LR: Two years ago, we talked about how the team behind Brokeree has developed since the company’s inception. Can you tell me how the team has grown and evolved in the past two years? Julia: Over ...
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Exclusive Interview: Eduardo Alves talks about driving strategic excellence at 4XC

LR: What motivated you to join 4XC as the Chief Strategic Officer? Eduardo: Choosing to join 4XC came from a deep personal connection with Joao Monteiro, the company's founder, and our shared visio...
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March 08, 2023

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Exclusive: Focus on women in tech on International Women's Day

Daphne Munuera, Client Services Officer, iSAM Securities LR: Can you tell me a little bit about your career? – "For the majority of my career, I've worked in the finance sector. My first job was ...
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March 07, 2023

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Exclusive: Hantec Markets' Hayel Abu-Hamdan talks about LATAM expansion, market expectations for 2023 and more

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February 28, 2024 — BY Elizabeth Anderson
The world’s largest cryptocurrency, which currently has a market value of just over $1tn, ended Tuesday trading at $57,071. From the start of February, bitcoin gained 32%, putting it on track for its most significant monthly gain since January 2023. Don’t miss out the latest news, subscribe to LeapRate’s newsletter Rallies exceeding 10% were influenced…
February 16, 2024
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January 25, 2024
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January 24, 2024
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January 16, 2024
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January 24, 2024 BY Elizabeth Anderson
In 2022, the company forecasted a 9 million subscriber gain, which would bring approximately 30 million net additions for the full year. NFLX’s revenue reports surpassed Wall Street’s prediction of $8.71bn, instead showing a quarterly revenue of $8.83bn, a 12.5% increase compared to the same period in 2022.  The streaming giant sent waves through the…
January 24, 2024
Reportedly, Ma, who had a $24.6bn net worth as of 23 January, forked out $50m for his company’s Hong Kong traded stock. The same report also indicated Tsai used his Blue Pool Management family en...
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January 19, 2024
These developments follow hot on the heels of research predicting that the growth in the electric vehicle (EV) industry will fall to roughly 27% in 2024. At the start of this year, Canalys, a globa...
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January 18, 2024
Without this feature, the models are due to go on sale on Thursday morning at 14:00 GMT. The technology giant announced on Wednesday after the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in f...
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January 18, 2024
This material is used in the batteries of these automobiles. OneD is among the startups that develop silicon anode materials. Others in this arena include GDI, Nexeon, and Sila Nanotechnologies. Re...
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